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Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers
CoreDuo writes "The people who bring you the DroneBL DNS Blacklist services, while investigating an ongoing DDoS incident, have discovered a botnet composed of exploited DSL modems and routers. OpenWRT/DD-WRT devices all appear to be vulnerable. What makes this worm impressive is the sophisticated nature of the bot, and the potential damage it can do not only to an unknowing end user, but to small businesses using non-commercial Internet connections, and to the unknowing public taking advantage of free Wi-Fi services. The botnet is believed to have infected 100,000 hosts." A followup to the article notes that the bot's IRC control channel now claims that it has been shut down, though the ongoing DDoS attack on DroneBL suggests otherwise.
Don't forget, Tomatoes get worms too!
Not a big deal, you can just:
ssh to your router
ifconfig eth0 down
All fixed, not vulnerable anymore.
That's like saying CiCi's Pizza is the best dining experience of all time. It's not really pizza, but it is edible...
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
> ...the default configuration doesn't allow remote access from the Internet at all.
True. The crackers have to use the bot that controls his pc and the default password that he didn't change.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
Mine's your mom's safe word.
"I'm always afraid that the one time I really need to get into my LAN will be the one time I don't have my private keys with me." You could have the keys digitally tatoo'd to your anatomy somewhere. Then, you could sit on a scanner to access your keys. All of the 32nd century James Bond types do it! :-)
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
You see, corn was very important in Japanese culture as it was originally from Japan, although an American Indian raid stole all plants and took them to America.
However, after they met Americans which are greasy and yellowy white just like popcorn, they stopped eating it altogether.
They put it over pizza so that the Yakuza can torture its victims. Japanese people are so scared of becoming fat like Americans that they would rather commit Hairy Curry also known as Sailor Fuku than eating corn pizza.
they would rather commit Hairy Curry also known as Sailor Fuku than eating corn pizza.
I don't even know where to begin on this one...
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
The difference is... when you get desperate enough to eat disgustingly bad pizza, your friends won't bring it up for the next ten years at every possible occasion.
If I have seen further it is by stealing the Intellectual Property of giants.
Depends. What's your password?
Apologies. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.
Power does not corrupt - power attracts the corrupt.
Some sex crust is so bad it's inedible too.
You're not supposed to eat the handle.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
When you eat a really bad pizza, you can only really bring it up the once...